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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 218 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1989, chapters 705 and 727; in 2002, chapter 337<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230139,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55985,"identifier":"46.2-1407","token":"46.2\/III\/14\/46.2-1407","url":"\/46.2-1407\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1407\/","token":"46.2\/III\/14\/46.2-1407","dublin_core":{"Title":"Certain ridesharing vehicles are not commercial vehicles or buses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1407","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A motor vehicle<\/span> used in a ridesharing arrangement that has a seating capacity for not more than fifteen persons, including the driver<\/span>, shall not be a “bus” under those portions of this title relating to equipment requirements or rules of the road.\n\t\tA motor vehicle<\/span> used in a ridesharing arrangement that has a seating capacity for not more than fifteen persons, including the driver<\/span>, shall not be a “bus” or “commercial vehicle” under the portions of this title relating to registration.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCERTAIN RIDESHARING VEHICLES ARE NOT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES OR BUSES (\u00a7 46.2-1407)\n\nA motor vehicle used in a ridesharing arrangement that has a seating capacity\nfor not more than fifteen persons, including the driver, shall not be a\n“bus” under those portions of this title relating to equipment\nrequirements or rules of the road.\n\t\tA motor vehicle used in a ridesharing arrangement that has a seating capacity\nfor not more than fifteen persons, including the driver, shall not be a\n“bus” or “commercial vehicle” under the portions of this\ntitle relating to registration.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 218, \u00a7 46.1-563; 1989, cc. 705, 727; 2002, c. 337.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}